European Athletics U20 Championships

Known as European Junior Games from 1964 to 1968 and as European Athletics Junior Championships from 1970 to 2015.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1964 European Junior Games	Warszawa	POL	18 – 20 September 1964	29	86	12
1966 European Junior Games	Odessa	URS	24 – 25 September 1966	33	110	16
1968 European Junior Games	Leipzig	GDR	23 – 25 August 1968	33	109	8
1970 European Junior Championships	Paris	FRA	11 – 13 September 1970	35	124	16
1973 European Junior Championships	Duisburg	GER	24 – 26 August 1973	36	126	16
1975 European Junior Championships	Athina	GRE	22 – 24 August 1975	36	127	22
1977 European Junior Championships	Donetsk	URS	19 – 21 August 1977	36	125	15
1979 European Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz	POL	16 – 19 August 1979	36	124	17
1981 European Junior Championships	Utrecht	NED	20 – 23 August 1981	38	130	15
1983 European Junior Championships	Schwechat	AUT	25 – 28 August 1983	38	133	18
1985 European Junior Championships	Cottbus	GDR	22 – 25 August 1985	39	133	18
1987 European Junior Championships	Birmingham	GBR	6 – 9 August 1987	41	141	20
1989 European Junior Championships	Varaždin	YUG	24 – 27 August 1989	41	141	18
1991 European Junior Championships	Thessaloniki	GRE	8 – 11 August 1991	42	148	20
1993 European Junior Championships	San Sebastián	ESP	29 July – 1 August 1993	41	148	22
1995 European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza	HUN	27 – 30 July 1995	41	151	23
1997 European Junior Championships	Ljubljana	SLO	24 – 27 July 1997	43	156	25
1999 European Junior Championships	Rīga	LAT	5 – 8 August 1999	43	148	24
2001 European Junior Championships	Grosseto	ITA	19 – 22 July 2001	44	151	25
2003 European Junior Championships	Tampere	FIN	23 – 27 July 2003	44	155	24
2005 European Junior Championships	Kaunas	LTU	21 – 24 July 2005	44	163	30
2007 European Junior Championships	Hengelo	NED	19 – 22 July 2007	44	157	23
2009 European Junior Championships	Novi Sad	SRB	23 – 26 July 2009	44	159	27
2011 European Junior Championships	Tallinn	EST	21 – 24 July 2011	44	161	29
2013 European Junior Championships	Rieti	ITA	18 – 21 July 2013	44	162	28
2015 European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna	SWE	16 – 19 July 2015	44	158	27
2017 European Athletics U20 Championships	Grosseto	ITA	20 – 23 July 2017	44	154	30
2019 European Athletics U20 Championships	Borås	SWE	18 – 21 July 2019	44	165	30
2021 European Athletics U20 Championships	Tallinn	EST	15 – 18 July 2021	44	161	30
2023 European Athletics U20 Championships	Jerusalem	ISR	7 – 10 August 2023	44	150	28

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	GDR	168	112	80	360
2	Germany	GER	139	156	142	437
3	Great Britain	GBR	136	101	121	358
4	Soviet Union	URS	119	133	109	361
5	Russia	RUS	80	76	64	220
6	Poland	POL	62	72	78	212
7	France	FRA	59	73	87	219
8	Romania	ROU	41	47	40	128
9	Italy	ITA	37	43	63	143
10	Sweden	SWE	33	23	28	84
11	Spain	ESP	32	27	49	108
12	Finland	FIN	30	33	35	98
13	Ukraine	UKR	30	21	24	75
14	Netherlands	NED	22	29	23	74
15	Hungary	HUN	19	23	28	70
16	Turkey	TUR	17	18	15	50
17	Bulgaria	BUL	16	29	30	75
18	Belarus	BLR	16	25	20	61
19	Belgium	BEL	16	15	18	49
20	Switzerland	SUI	16	12	13	41
21	Czech Republic	CZE	15	15	16	46
22	Norway	NOR	11	18	10	39
23	Croatia	CRO	9	8	8	25
24	Ireland	IRL	9	8	7	24
25	Czechoslovakia	TCH	9	7	16	32
26	Greece	GRE	8	12	13	33
27	Latvia	LAT	8	8	8	24
28	Portugal	POR	7	8	7	22
29	Serbia	SRB	6	6	2	14
30	Neutral Participant	NEU	6	3	3	12
31	Denmark	DEN	5	6	10	21
32	Estonia	EST	5	2	7	14
33	Yugoslavia	YUG	4	7	9	20
34	Austria	AUT	4	5	10	19
35	Azerbaijan	AZE	4	4	1	9
36	Slovenia	SLO	3	6	2	11
37	Lithuania	LTU	2	4	1	7
38	Cyprus	CYP	2	2	1	5
39	Slovakia	SVK	1	3	6	10
40	Iceland	ISL	1	1	2	4
41	Republic of Moldova	MDA	1	1	1	3
42	Israel	ISR	1	0	1	2
43	Armenia	ARM	1	0	0	1
=	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	0	0	1
=	Kosovo	KOS	1	0	0	1
46	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	0	4	3	7
47	Montenegro	MNE	0	2	1	3
48	Albania	ALB	0	2	0	2